NECKERACEiE.] 212 [Fonttttalts. 



finely papillose, endostome purple, forming a latticed cone, slightly papillose, 

 the transverse bars faintly nodulose. 



Hab. — On stones and rocks in alpine streams. Fr. 6 — 7. 



Noran water, Forfarshire (ilf. Anderson 1869) ! ! Bolquhan bum, near Kippen, Stirling- 

 shire {Col. Stirling and R. Kidston June 1896)!! richly in fruit. Corrie Hoy, Loch 

 L^an (Prof. Barker 1881) ! ! 



This moss has such a very distinct facies and other characters, that I have 

 preferred to maintain its specific rank, although most authorities combine it with 

 the preceding species. 



3. FOirmfALIS DOLOSA Cardot. 



Dioicous ; pinnate, the branches flexuose. Leaves soft, erecto-patent, 

 dimorphous ; cauline ovato-lanceolate, branch-leaves narrower, lanceolate, 

 flat, denticulate at apex. Capsule half immersed, small ; endostome muri- 

 cate, cross bars with two erect appendages. (T. CXXIII, D.) 



Syn. — Fontinalis dolosa Cardot Rev. bryol. 1896, p. 68. Dix. Jam. Stud. Handb. 355 (1896), 

 LiHPR. Laubm. iii, 802 (1903). 



Dioicous ; plants soft, yellowish-green above, ferruginous below, 

 slightly glossy. Stems 6 — 10 in. long, naked at base, strongly flexuose, 

 pinnate, the branches unequal flexuose and patulous, attenuate-cuspidate. 

 Leaves rather soft lax erecto-patent, imbricated at apex of branches, 

 dimorphous ; cauline ovato-lanceolate, obtusely or subacutely acuminate, 

 denticulate at apex, more or less carinate and complicate, often split wher» 

 old ; branch-leaves smaller and narrower, nearly plane, lightly plicate, 

 elongate-lanceolate, acutely toothed at apex. Cells at angles distinct, 

 subhexagonal or shortly oblong, fuscous, the rest linear-flexuose. Peri- 

 chsetium ovate, the upper bracts suborbicular, f the length of capsule, 

 finally truncate-lacerate ; capsule half-emergent, small oblong ; lid short, 

 conical ; peristome purple, the teeth narrow, internally with 25 — 30 lamella:, 

 endostome muricate, the cross-bars with two larger erect appendages. 



Hab. — On wood submersed in a stagnant pool, Limbury, Bedford {J.Saunders 1882). 



This fine species is near F. Kindbergii Ren. & Card, and F. thulensis- 

 Jens, from Iceland ; I think it is quite distinct, especially in the armature of the 

 endostome. 



4. FONTINAIJS SaTJAMOSA L. 



Dioicous ; dark green, glossy, branches incumbent, fasciculate Leaves 

 oblong-lanceolate, concave, rather obtuse, inflexed at margin, cells linear, 

 elongated, subrectangular at intervals. (T. CXXIII, C.) 



Syn. — Fontinalis squamosa tenuis sericea, atro-virens Dill. Hist. muse. 258, t. 33, f. 3 (1741) et 

 Herbar. 



Fontinalis squamosa L. Sp. pi. ii, 1108 (l7S3)- HuDS. Fl. angL 398 (1762). Wither. Bot. 

 arrang. ii, 692 {1776). Lightf. Fl. Scot, ii, 696 (1777). Roth Tent. fl. germ, iii, P. 2, 



